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Chhattisgarhi | |
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छत्तीसगढ़ी | |
![]() The word "Chhattisgarhi" written in Devanagari script | |
Native to | India |
Region | Chhattisgarh and a minority of speakers in Odisha and Maharashtra |
Native speakers | 18 million, partial count, including Surgujia (2011 census)[1] (additional speakers counted under Hindi) |
Dialects | |
Devanagari | |
Official status | |
Official language in | India
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:hne – Chhattisgarhisgj – Surgujia |
Glottolog | chha1249 |
Linguasphere | 59-AAF-ta |
Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 16.25 million people from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India.[3] It is the official language of Chhattisgarh. It is grouped within the Eastern Hindi languages and is counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of Hindi.